I’ll always remember one of my first poli sci classes at UNC when the professor asked us to define politics. Someone raised their hand and said in Latin “poli” means many and “ticks” are small bloodsucking termites.

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For this week's Paigeturner Tuesday, Assistant State and National Editor Benji Schwartz gives Harper Lee's controversial "Go Set a Watchman" four stars, praising the book as a nuanced view of race and idolization.

While school was out over the summer, Congress was in, and N.C. politicians didn’t disappoint. Reps. David Price, D-N.C. jc, and Mark Meadows, R-N.C., and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., all made their way into the news.

After the pair of televised U.S. Senate debates on Oct. 7 and 9, students might have been able to sympathize with Sen. Kay Hagan — she was being called out on attendance.Republican challenger Thom Tillis called Hagan out at both debates for missing half of the 2014 meetings of the Senate's Armed Services Committee.

What does a high-profile White House break-in that occurred in September have to do with North Carolina's midterm election?Nothing, say many people.It shows that Kay Hagan has bad foreign policy experience, says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis.